Decatur Eagle, Volume 7, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 4 April 1863 — Page 1

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or nw wzs DECATUR EAGLE. XS3USD EVERT SATURDAY MORNING, BY. Spencer & Schirmeyer. rvsi.isn.3is aid PRnrsiKToss. OFFICE—On Second Street, in Patterson ’« | entitling, orer the Dru» Store. Terms of Subscription: ■ One cony. one year, in advance, ft DO 9 If paid within the year, 1 50 ■ls not paid iint iltl>e year has expired , 200 CT No paper will be drsconlii tied until al] irreraijes are paid except at the option of the ■ Publisher. Term* of A<l vertisinjr: ■ “(Ynt. square,(ten lines) three insertions, $1 on | Each subsequent insertion. 25 17-Xn a ■lmrti’WMnenf will be considered less I ihinene square; over one square will be conn* J ted sn'l/harged ns twojovurtwo, as three, etc, T7* \. lih 'ral <li«couwt, from the above rates. | nuvlqnn -11 adv -ri isementsinserted fora period I pajrcr three months. | 17*Tlie ib rites will be strictly adhered to under all ircumstanccs. JOB PRINTING-: We juaprvpnred tn doall kinds of job work | ina neat and »v<>rkni-Hibke manner.on themest | reasonable terms. Our material for the comI pletiori of Job-Work, beiiiif nrw and of the latI «-<t stvles, we feel confident, that satisfaction I can be (riven. w -_- - -f ■ . - ... ■ —— DEC HUR BI’SIXESS M Bl R 1 1101 SE. Decatur, In di an a, M®L'K< r JUS Proprietor. ! Will £»re good attention, and makes reasonable chyges. Ti37-vG-ly. I) \Y CIIA M PER. PHYSICAL 4 SURGEON B E C A T U K . INDIA N A . ItTOFFh-E-s-On the east side of Second St . I in 'hr* roam formerly occupied by J D. NuttI i.nn a< a banking- office. v4-n I'2. mTif stTdTbher', attorney at.law AND CLAIM AGENT DECATUR, INDI A N A . Will Practice in Adarn«and idjoining- Cnnnties Will secure bounties, pensions; and all kinds of claim* against, the Government. I/"OFFICE —On Main Street immediately South of the Auditor’s Office.—v(>-n 12 .LAMES R 8080. Attorney and Counselor at Law. DECATUR. IXDTAXA. UTOFFICE, in Recorder’s Office. Will practice in the Courts of the Tenth Ju dici il Circuit. Attend to the Redemption of band's, the pav ..ent of Taxes Especial atten. lion will be given to the collection of Bountie«Pension and all claims against the Government Nov. 28, 1862. v6—l’42. TiTtTTFg TFITr y i P. V. SMITH. Ambrotype & Photograph a 9 Having permanently located in Dccfdur and supplied himself with everything that may be found in a First Class Picture Gallery, Would call the attention of all who desire good I’icture at low prices, to call at bis rooms in Houston *h Building, immediately over the Drug Store. n37-iy Cr 3 JEFFERSON QUICK, DEALER IN Clocks, watches, musical BSf lUHEim, JEWELRY, &C-, DECATUR, INDIANA. Clocks, Watches, Jewelry, Musical Instru laents, Ac,, repaired on short notice. SHOF —On Second Street, in Frazee’s law of fie 3. van 41 VICKS BURG! I. J. MIESSE, la his line of busings. Defies the World! All other LIKE INSTITUTIONS thrown in the Shade! Alleffortsnt COMPETITION gone ”y Hie BOARD. It i« acknowledged by all that he can *dl a BETTER article of Harness, Saddles, Bridles, jrjfr* Whips, and all such like for LkSSnioavy than any other t‘M-abi»*hinent in Northeastern Indiana.’without «xeeption. His work is all wan anted to be made of the v *ry best material, and made by old and expen»*nced workmen. Buggies and carriages trimmed in the latest *nd most approved style. Repairing done on short notice and at reasonable rates. TFGive us a call, and we will convince yon °f the truth of ivhat we say. We PAY CASH for our stocX, and c<»”sequen’lv BUY' CHEAPER than if we bought on TIME; audqf course • la i°’proportion «~-038 v 6.

TO THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS OF ADAMS COUNIY. You are no doubt, most of you apprised of the fact that I am a candidate for ■ re-nbmination for the office of County Auditor, at the Primary Election, to Im? hied on the first Monday in April next; and that James B. Simeoke is a candidate in opposition to me for the same office.— ' With this information before you I should i have been quite willing to have let the 1 matter rest and trusted to vour judgment for my nomination. But Mr. Simeoke, in his paper, called the “Adams County 1 Democrat,” has seen proper—-just upon ’ the eve of the election—to make serious . and grave charges against me, for hones- . ty and fitness for the office for which I j am a candidate, for the purpose of inducing you to nominate him instead of me. 1 . I tun informed that he has run off a large addition of this number of his paper with t the view of circulating then charges all i over the county. The time is now so short between now and the election that i it would be impossible for mj to s;-e but a few of you in person to refute these jcharges; I, therefore, have, seemingly, no other opportunity left for being heard than the ihethod I now adopt. In the said paper is contained an affi- ■ davit as follows: State of ’ ndian») Adams Counit j' Personally appeared before the under-sii>n.-d Notary Public ot said C.nititv J aim s R. Simeoke <>t l.wlul r-_r>. aii.i upion his oa'li says 'lnn he published the Counlv A editors ll -port of the Ro ip>i «nd • xp> n tiiures <it said Coumy it. ’.ln , Adams County Democrat lor the year . 85G, and only charged the County five .j dollars, lor printing and pnbh'hing s .td report, and that Wiliam (t. Spencer, di Philips, primed and published the Au !i tors Report ot ll;e receipts an .xpemli j lures of said County for the year 1857, L for which thej were allowed by the County Commissioners of said County the sum ol thirty lour d< liars which said allowance to Philps, and Sp-ncer, i« Entered in the Commte-tomrs Record C. at page 253. and lurlinr saith not. J A ME' B. SIMCOKE. Subscribed amt sworn to before me this the 261 h day of Ma r i-li A D. 1863 W D FRAZEE Notary Public. The ri-ader will see that Mr. Simeoke says that he published the County Audi- ■ tor s Report of receipts ami expenditures of said county for the year 1856; this, I say is not true. Mr. Simeoke did not, for the year 1856, publish the Auditor’s, I Report, nor did he any other year pub lish the Report; but he did in the year I 1856, and other years publish the AudiI tcr's Exhibit, so called, which is merely the headingof the Report, an 1 not the Report, for which, for the year 1856, he charged $5, which was about the usual rates of printing by all country newepa- ( pers. In the year 1857 Phillips & Speni cer published by order of the board of l County Commissioners the whole report -of the Receipts and Expenditures, mak- . ing some two columns of matter, or thir-ty-four squares, for which they were allowed $34: now I distinctly charge that j Phillips & Spencer charged no more for 'the work they done in proportion to the amount than did Simeoke. Simcoke s I charges were at the rate of one dollar per square, and so were Phillips Jt Spencer’s. I Phillips it Spencer done the most work and received the most pay, is all there is ■ of it. At the time this work was done, f I was not a County officer, and had nothing to do in determining what should be I published; it was the province of the I county Board. The Board thought that ; the Exhibit did not show the condition of the finances of the county sufficiently, ' and they hid the whole Report published; for this descision lam not responsible, , be it right or wrong. Phillips it Spencer ■ done the work and charged their regular price for it, the same as lltey charge individuals; and Die same price (hat Snn- . coke now charges for advertising in the Democrat, the advertising of the Clerk’s office which he controls. What 1 comolain of most in this afiidai vit, is, as I cincetre, the intention of btmcokc to make the Democratic voters bsI lieve that he done the same work that ’ Phillius <£ Spencer did. This he knows "’ i to ba lalse and is published with as intea-

•Cur Country’s Good shall ever bo our Aim—Willing to Praise and not afraid to Blame."

DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, Al’ldL 4, 1863,

lion to deceive the voters. We ask any Democrat who desires to knew the truth n this matter, if lie has the least tl.mbr, to come to the A u liter’s office and we will show him the bills on file, and the papers containing the matter published, so there shall be no escape from the truth. These s lire charges were made against me in the Abolition sheet, called the Young America, in (Tie summer of 1859 and fully reluied in the E <gle ol the same period. It was then understood here, that Mr. Simeoke was then counseling with the abolition editors of that paper ard furnishing them t! »ta for making charges i against n-.y self, and other D- n ocrats in the county. I am now done with this charge against me, published in the abolition sheet Young America, and then in its successor the Democrat. Also, in the Drmocrat of the same date, and following the affi iavil above given, is a cotnmumcition ' signed, "A Democrat and Tax paver o’ Adams county,” who professes great friendship for said James B. Simeoke, siys, "he was mucn pleased to heir that he was a candidate.” ‘‘that he knows he is the poor man’s Iri-nl,” “knows that he is reasonable in his charges lor public printing.” “Now friend Simeoke I do not wish to flatter you but 1 feel confident that you will get every democratic ! vote in this neighborhood. "That people are tbed ot being swindled by Phillips it Spencer,” "I hope and trust the taxpayers will unanimously vote against Spencer ami relieve themselves from a heavy burthen he has imposed on them ;by his unreasonble charges.” Now kind reader who do you suppose it is writes’ this communication; I can tell you, it’s no other person than the veritable James 18. Simeoke himself, he it is that says ‘het ■ was much pleased to hear that lie was a i candidate,” lie it is that says, “that he is the poor man's friend,” he it is “that hopes the tax payers will unanimously i against Spencer,!’ and he it is that wiites this eoniinmiic.ition lauding hirn- ; self with the most fulsome praise arid denouncing me with the hope of making the Democratic i oters believe that people are for him. This is truly blowing his. own trumpet. I ask you now to Consider tlie case as between myself and Sim--1 coke. You elected me four years ago, I have sought to perforin the duties of the j office promptly and faithfully. I have kept the office open and have been on hand in person or by deputy at all times. I believe there is no person that can say ' i that I have not discharged my duty faithfully ami promptly as an officer. Even Simeoke in his eagerness for a charge against me. goes back six years, to a period before my election and when I was not in office. You elected Simeoke for a second term in >be Clerk's office at the same time you elected me. Simeoke has kept the office : open apart of the time, and apart of the time not. Often, ami repeatedly, men have come to town to transact business in the Clerk’s office and had to go home and come back another day. The foes of the Clerk’s office pay well as most ; Administrators that have settled estates' iin the last eight years can testify. Mr. j Simooku has not been satisfied with the fees of the office the law allows him, he has endeavored to cheat the county out of fees that the law did not allow him.— Up to the June session of the county Board of 1861, the County Board had allowed Simeoke as extra fees for services as Clerk, oat of the county Treasury $773 94, ami at that time Simeoke filed four bills against the county for additional.extra services, which w-.-re afterwards so amended as to make his claim against . the county for such services over one thousand dollars. This claim the county Commissioners considered nnjust ami illegal, and refused to allow it. From this decision Simeoke took an appeal to the Adams Circuit Court and filed his appeal bond, with AV tn. D. Frazee as his surity. The county Board were compelled to employ Mr. Studibaker to defend the county against this suit in the Adams Circuit Court. After Mr. Studahaker argued the legality of the fees before the Judge, the

Court decided them td be unjust and ille-' gal. Simeoke, when he found he was beaten, withrew his action ami has been very quient about fees ever since. Ho has not tiled his claims even for what he is j istly entitled to the county Board have requested him to do so ami he lias refused. It is supposed by some that he is waiting tose? whether he cannot get to be Au litor, where he may thinu he can manage a law suit against the county to a better advantage. Deiiioeratic tax payers what do you think of the man that trumps up claims ‘ against the county, and compels the county Board to defend against law suits in order to keep him from taking out of the county treasury what doesnot belong Ito him; ami when he is beaten off from the teasury in this way, turns round and j asks the people to elect him to another : office—writes a fulsome article for 1 his own paper, signs it by a fictitious name to make people believe it was some ! other person, in which he calls himself the poor man’s friend, and prates about his honesty. Mr. simeoke has l>een a reudent of Adams county about seventeen years, and of that time he has held office about fifteen years, ami the best offices in the county his foes in that time have amounted probably to more than $15,000. I ask you whether that is not doing a pretty good part by a stranger. 1 have hel l a county office but a single term. — I have done till I could to accommodate the people of the county that hail business in the office. I think l have performed its ditties. 1 make no claim to the office. I freely admit that there are many Democrats in the county just as deserving as I am but I submit that when the question of nomination is between Simeoke and me after the Democracy have done so much •for him, whether it would be quite Demi ocratic to put me out at the end of one term artd him in. And now, iti conclusion, I have to rny that it has never been my wish to electioneer for myself by attacking others; but in this ease I have found myself at- > tacked in the columns of a sheet preteud- ! ing to be a Democratic newspaper, and in defen ling myself against that attack, 1 have made some chages against Sim- ; coke; notwithstanding they are true, under most circumstances, it would, perhaps look better for some other person to make them than me, but as it is I think I am ; fully justified. Hoping for the success of our party and the downfall of abolitionism, I am vour most obedient servant. WILLIAM G. SPENCER. Tlnrd on Brigadier General*. Orpin us C K -rr. in one of his lute letters oom Washington, is not very sweet on Brigadiers. He says: Captain there's something missing ' trom the r» ar euari!.’ Viili mi •issniui il a thoughtful demmeaner and savs he; ‘l it a mi-'fiie? •No, said tin lieutenant, agitatedly, but we nuss two , •Not lno'iged wagons?’ says A’iliimn, giving such a start that his war horse nrarlv Itll upon his knees. ‘Don’t tell me that two wagons fie missing! •Why. no,’ said the lii utenant, with emotion, it’s not two wagons that we miss, but Iwo Brigadiers! ‘Ah said Villiarr fanning lnmseif with his cap how you alarmed nu ! 1 thought at first it was two wagons. Let the procession go cn and I'll send for two more brigs the next lime I have a friend going to Washington. ’ The Devil Crowded Oct.—Among the patients in the general ho-pitn! is a sec.esh soldier. He was verv sick when first brought there, but is now better lie is a crabbed customer, and shows a Very stilly temper. In the same room is a Union soldier —an a lopleii ciliz-n from the land ot kraut. One morning the Union German said something to sicesL. Secesb only said; •Go to , •Do vai?’ •Go to , The Dutchman was all bn’ txarnerafed An, mine <ri. nd you i»h altogether too werry kind but I cannot go todat plact—it i*li impossible.* ‘Whv not, askeed Bi-cesh. Vv nut! said the honest German, because dere is no room, bigle has filled it up to brim mit dead rebels It i»h so crammed the devil himself has to sleep out doors.

. i Selling n Dog. BY skirts. Colonel li ive veu hearn that last dig 11 storv, in which Sol. H iw< s flourishes as ii me king pin? You know Hawes, who .• is abo'it as sharp as a two ed.yyd razor, land hard to beat al any garni? If there is anv first class sp.-i’iil tiing going mi. fiaw.-s is in for a big slice of profit Well ! as to the Dog’ and ‘them ten dollars ’ t’oe other dav Sol Hawes was quietly i livini,' about loose, waiting tor some big I in? or other to turn Hi’ down at—we!’, |«ay Cha-nbvrl im’s oi l place in Robinson I-treet. Chamberlain's is a bull’s Head, 1 a driver’s retreat, and countrymen there !I do congregate occasionally. It; the bar- ! i >oin. n-ar the counter stood a double- ( breasted, bow-legged, bl-ar-eyed, yellowhaired stump tailed, crop-eared, red--1 mouthed dug, industriously engaged in 1, an exhilarating and intensely exciting pursuit of an ngiriHvating flea wlr’ch had I' securely planted itseli in an inaccessible par of the canine's anatomy. Near the dog and watching his persevering effort to capture the geurrilla tjfl.-a, stood a long lank countryman. ‘By i gad.’ said he, as if speaking*ou* Uncon- ■ sciousiy, ‘that’s a noble animal just such - a dog as I waul up on the (arm.’ Coun ! trynian walked around the dog one- or i i wire seemingly in admiration ot the dog’s ( 'j India rubber contortions in the flea hunt Fine dog—good do —suit, me to a hair 'I By jing I'd give ten dollars (or that dog ' on sight.' ■ Now, Sol. Hawes had been watching • the coun(r)nian, and overheard ins remarks. Hawes saw a fine chance for a J spec. So he stepped up and began at Mr. • Greenhorn. ' ‘iiid you say you liked that dog?’ 'I did Mister That's great dog —jes such a dog as I want up on tny farm ; Whose dog is i. ?' Well I think.’said Hawes, half confi(ientialiv, -1 can get him (or you. He b-longs to a friend of mine. Whal'd you • sav ton’d give lor him?' ••Ten dollars,’ replied Country eagerly •Ten—sure pop!'said HaWeS. ‘Sure pop.’ repeated Country gazing fondly upon the dug.’ Hawes went out. fonnd the owner of the dog.—-Whai'i! you take for that dog yours?’ ‘ ‘Two dollars,’ was the reply. ‘l’ll lake him — here’s your money.’ and II >wes rustled back to the bar room, , “nd informed Country that iiu had succeeded in put chasing the dog for him. ■All right,’ said Country. Sol. Hawes was so elated at the prospect o' making eight dollars that belore Country cotlhl sp-ak further he asked him up. ‘Come, Country, take a drink Country took a big -lug of whiskey 'Meanwhile Hawe« had procm-d a rope,' and stood there holding one end of it with , • the dog fast at the rnhi r Country (i ll in his pockets, looked blank, lhen simple, but very natural — ‘Just wait, Mr. Hawes a minute, I've left my mon*v at the 'bote). Holl fast tolhe d >g—l’ll be back in three shakes of a sheep’s tail. I<l b»* back pny turn y dollars than lo s e that dog,* an'! Country bohrd out. t Hawrs stood ho!diu<f last to ths <!■»»». ■ wailing patirnJy tor Country to return l\n ininu’rs, twriry minutes, an hour pasned on but n<» Co iniry enme. ! Presently a party of iriend* entered. '“VViiat arc you doing with that dog. ;il-awe>?’ I ‘Well, I’ve sold him ’ ‘Sold your-alt, you mean ' A light broke in upon Hawes' mind | Giving the canine an awful kick and math ring B'lkrd lie left the premise* amidst a roar of laughter Colonel, if von happen to meet Sol Hawes, just tell him you want to buy a goo' 1 d‘>g. There are a great many dog fanciers; just now who want to see Hawes; they , have an idea they can get a good spec out ;of him in that line. j ScMEB DY MIGHT t£B Yl>V.—Williewho is j Ist entering upon Ills fourth , winter, had verv attentively watched one of his sisters dressing for an evening party : and as it was summer time, and fashionable the dress did not corneas far inn the neck as Willie’s ideas of propriety suggested. He went to her wardrobe, and in a moment came back pulling a close fining basque after him when the j following conversation ensued; ' Sister. — ‘What is that for?’ Willie —'For you to put on.’ Sister —‘But 1 am all dressed now, 1 I look pretty don’t 1?’ Willie—‘Yes.’giving a modest glance i at her shoulders; but sumbody might tee ' vou!’ I’ r M The Democratic Legislature of the State had a bill before it appropriating Two Million Dollars as advance pay to • Indiana Soldiers and 5 100.UUU for the reI lief ol sick and wounded. Tin passage of J these relief bills were defeated by the ) i secession of the nsembsrs of the ; L'g'slstvrn.

Couldn't Blow the Horn. It happened, some years ngo that a respected employee in a weekly newspaper by .-ome to be green in more respect than one although a shrewd business man and eminently trustworthy, was sent on a collecting tour through the State of Mis-issippi It came to pass tn his j aurneying hither and thither that iil-tortuno brought him to the banks of the Y«zoo River, where the only mode of crossing was by means of a fl .1 bottomed ferry boat, which was navigated by a squatter,’ who lived some distance from tile river Ibaqk. The ferryman lived so far otf that he could not hear the call of any one who might wish to be ferried over, and he therefore left a horn on the bank to be blown by any anxious visitor who might wish his service. Our traveling (riead saw the horn hanging on a limb but ha j could not imagine for what use the ccrnieulated instrument had beet, torn from ;th« skull of its bovine proprietor. He I theretore eschewed the use of the horn. i.nJ bawled nut lor the ferryman with a hearty good will. He continued to bawl until he became hoarse as one of the ! tunrine inhiihibifft* of the woods of Brshan; but th • ferryman did not come. Ac lasi, with lacerated lungs. H"<l p»i deuce rrdtif-rd to zero, he was about giving up in dispsir when a country man approached following a path leading along the banks of the stream “Stranger,” said our friend, ‘can vou inform me how lean get that ferry in an to take me ticorss the river?’ •Cail him,’said the countryman. “I have called him,’ said our traveller. “but be dues not appear tu bear me.” •Then blow for him said the stronger, thar's the horn; blow it Hire bringer, and I he’ll be here in three shakes Os a sheep’s i tail.’ I Our friend proles'ei] his inability so blow the iooii- lor he had n< vet blown i uric in his file—and imploringly requestled tlie stranger to blow it for him. At this announcement, the astonishment an l contempt exhibited br the coun- ; try min were ani“Z'ng to behold Drawing himself up in ii defiant altitude, he .drawled out. in measured tones—— •fie.- here hor>s fly, if you’ve lived thia ' long till the hair on your bead is as gray a. « rat and e-an’t blow a horn rr don’t make a darn bit of (liffi-rence whicn side the river you are on! Good by suapgourd and he left in a huiry. An Unfounded Charge. A leading i.ffi -er ir. one ol the courts was charged with rover going to bed ’sober Ol cours -he indignantly dedied lhe soft imp.-acbmen'; and he gave the particulars of a particular nigh', in proof. We quote ills own Words: ‘Pretty soon after I got into bed tny wife said: : ‘AA’hv husband what is the matter With you? You act so strangely . There* nothing the matter with me,’ said I; nothing at nil.’ •• I'm sure there is, said she: you don’t act natural at all Shan’t I get Up in 1 get something lor you? i “And she got up. lighted a candle, and came to the bedside to look at me shading the light with her hand. “1 keep there was something Strange about you,' said she. AVliy, you are isober! ! ‘Now, this is a fact, and rny wife will ’swear to it So don.t you slander me I any more by saying that I havefrt been ■to bed sober insix months, Cause I have.* Such testimony is considered reliable, and th p man now enjoys his new-found j ri-put ation. Notn .Unit Agent. Poor A—! Beauiifftl, accomplished, and admired her sweet Christian vtrluee • st.one unostentatiously far above earthly I acquirements. Through her quiet soul i ran a vein of humor and ready wit which no circumstance could entirelv check, and nothing but relmlfoss death itseli subdue. I But the fell destroyer who respects neither the voting nor old, the simple nor wise, lovely youth not wrinkled age had laid his grasp upon her Consumption was doing il« work. A 'ew lays before her death when pain and suffering were visible in each lineament of her features. Widow H ,her dissxgreeable *ed meddlesnm aunt called. On going to her bedside to bid the sufferer good-bye. perhaps for the last time, anat informed A that she wished her io bear a message for her husband ir. the spirtworld. A , summnirg all lierstrengfh , andrisingnp replied, ‘Realty Atir.l Mary , you must « xeti-e me; I can not act as j aiaii agent for any body! I are th.ers strictly speaking, , only 325 days in the year? Bicansa fnr' v days are L-at, so J o»r«r re- . ruined.

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